Bobby Langton

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert "Bobby" Langton was an English footballer who played for the majority of his career for Lancashire clubs. He played mostly on the left wing. Born in Burscough, he signed for Blackburn Rovers from youth team Burscough Victoria in 1937. He became the team's leading scorer in his second season with fourteen goals but his career was curtailed by the Second World War which he spent part of as an infantryman in India, although when stationed in Northern Ireland he did help Glentoran to win the Irish Cup in 1945.show more